On Feb 13, 2015, at 5:47 PM, Brian E Carpenter
<brian(_dot_)e(_dot_)carpenter(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
But it begins to smell like a poll tax. Some people participate remotely
because they simply can't justify the travel expenditure; if it costs (say)
$200 to participate remotely, that would be enough to keep some people out.
How the Secretariat could possibly validate hardship cases remotely
is beyond me.
Hence the suggestion that we have a hardship exemption. My expense report for
IETF including airfare is typically higher than $2500, so $200 for remote
participation would be a substantial savings, if that were the fee.